Temporal dynamics of hydrological threshold events

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 923-938

  McGrath, G S ^a   Hinz, C ^a   Sivapalan, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33847420468     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-923-2007     Document Type: Article

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